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Basic Info

US U-4 Unemployment Rate is at 4.00%, compared to 4.10% last month and 3.70% last year. This is lower than the long term average of 5.93%.

Stats

Last Value 4.00%
Latest Period Mar 2024
Last Updated Apr 5 2024, 10:02 EDT
Next Release May 3 2024, 08:30 EDT
Long Term Average 5.93%
Average Growth Rate 2.30%
Value from Last Month 4.10%
Change from Last Month -2.44%
Value from 1 Year Ago 3.70%
Change from 1 Year Ago 8.11%
Frequency Monthly
Unit Percent of the Labor Force and Discouraged Workers
Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted
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Notes Total unemployed plus discouraged workers as a percent of the civillian labor force plus discouraged workers.

Historical Data

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Date Value
March 31, 2024 4.00%
February 29, 2024 4.10%
January 31, 2024 3.90%
December 31, 2023 3.90%
November 30, 2023 4.00%
October 31, 2023 4.10%
September 30, 2023 4.00%
August 31, 2023 4.00%
July 31, 2023 3.70%
June 30, 2023 3.80%
May 31, 2023 3.90%
April 30, 2023 3.60%
March 31, 2023 3.70%
February 28, 2023 3.80%
January 31, 2023 3.60%
December 31, 2022 3.70%
November 30, 2022 3.90%
October 31, 2022 3.80%
September 30, 2022 3.80%
August 31, 2022 3.80%
July 31, 2022 3.80%
June 30, 2022 3.90%
May 31, 2022 3.90%
April 30, 2022 3.90%
March 31, 2022 3.90%
Date Value
February 28, 2022 4.10%
January 31, 2022 4.20%
December 31, 2021 4.20%
November 30, 2021 4.40%
October 31, 2021 4.80%
September 30, 2021 5.00%
August 31, 2021 5.40%
July 31, 2021 5.70%
June 30, 2021 6.30%
May 31, 2021 6.10%
April 30, 2021 6.40%
March 31, 2021 6.40%
February 28, 2021 6.50%
January 31, 2021 6.70%
December 31, 2020 7.10%
November 30, 2020 7.10%
October 31, 2020 7.30%
September 30, 2020 8.20%
August 31, 2020 8.70%
July 31, 2020 10.50%
June 30, 2020 11.40%
May 31, 2020 13.60%
April 30, 2020 15.00%
March 31, 2020 4.70%
February 29, 2020 3.70%

Basic Info

US U-4 Unemployment Rate is at 4.00%, compared to 4.10% last month and 3.70% last year. This is lower than the long term average of 5.93%.

Stats

Last Value 4.00%
Latest Period Mar 2024
Last Updated Apr 5 2024, 10:02 EDT
Next Release May 3 2024, 08:30 EDT
Long Term Average 5.93%
Average Growth Rate 2.30%
Value from Last Month 4.10%
Change from Last Month -2.44%
Value from 1 Year Ago 3.70%
Change from 1 Year Ago 8.11%
Frequency Monthly
Unit Percent of the Labor Force and Discouraged Workers
Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted
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Notes Total unemployed plus discouraged workers as a percent of the civillian labor force plus discouraged workers.